Girl Scouts will be setting up tables beginning today

If you’ve been Jones-ing for some Trefoils or craving Samoas and Tagalongs, take heart. Girl Scout cookie season kicks off today, and you’re likely to find some bright, entrepreneurial girls to help you satisfy your sweet tooth. Feeling adventurous? There’s a new cookie this year – the Girl Scout S’Mores – specially created to celebrate 100 years of selling cookies.

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The Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas are the largest organization shaping young female leaders in the Metroplex, and the cookie program teaches leadership skills, business ethics, money management and a host of other valuable life lessons. In addition to raising money for troop activities, cookie sales support a wide variety of community projects. In 2016, more than 100,000 boxes were donated to local military veterans.

Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos, Savanah Smiles, Tagalongs, Samoas and Trefoils sell for $4 per box. Girl Scout S’Mores and Toffee-Tastic are $5 per box.

You can find a nearby cookie booth by visiting www.texascookietime.org or you can download the Cookie Finder app by searching GS Cookies on your phone’s app store.

Girl Scouts in the 1960s sell cookies

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    Blogger CAROL TOLER and her husband, Toby, are the parents of four LHHS graduates. She has an MBA from SMU and is the proud recipient of the Exchange Club of LH's Unsung Hero Award and Councilman McGough's Blake Anderson Public Service Award. She received LHHS PTA's Extended Service Award, FMJH PTA's Charger Award and a Life Membership from the LHFC PTA. She has moderated candidate debates for Dallas Mayor, Dallas City Council and RISD Trustee races and taught seminars on garnering publicity for nonprofits. She completed training with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Inside RISD, and she's a sustaining member of LH Women's League. She has served on the boards of After8 to Educate, Dallas Free Press, Healing Hands Ministries and Camp Sweeney and chaired fundraisers for multiple Dallas nonprofits. Email ctoler@advocatemag.com.